BIBLE READING GUIDE FOR THE WEEK September 29 – October 4, 2014 Monday, September 29, Judges 7 v. 13 — Does God tell us the future through dreams today? God has provided us with everything necessary for our spiritual life and our earthly preservation in His revelation to us in His holy Word. II Tim. 3:16; Matt. 6:25-34; Rom. 1:16

Matthew 18 has often been used as the process for excommunication, when really these verses are God’s directions to rescue people! The love of God just overflows in these verses. We have the opportunity to help people when they need it the most!

The loving response to someone’s falling down is to help them back up. If they’re too heavy, you get help. Pastor Tesch shows the children how this is exactly how God wants us to help people who’ve fallen into sin.

BIBLE READING GUIDE FOR THE WEEK September 22-27, 2014 JUDGES — Judges shows us the life of Israel in the Promised Land from the time of Joshua to the time just before the first king. The refrain, “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit” (17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25) reflects the fact that Israel often

We get to introduce people to God. We don’t treat people like projects or try to fix them. We don’t try to make people like us (because we’re sinners). We introduce people to the cross of Christ and the forgiveness that we all need. We represent God by living and sharing the grace of God.

Pastor Tesch explains some of the reasons for the robe to the children. It’s so people can tell that we represent the church. We represent God, so there are things we can do so people can see God in us.